Title from caption on object: “Thrills Throng in Concert”

April 9, 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.7 × 15.2 cm (8 1/8 × 6 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.315

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Marian Anderson [circled] / 1 col at 3 1/2" deep / Tuesd [crossed out] Wednesday; center printed in purple ink on applied paper: W 497807 / THRILLS THRONG IN CONCERT / WASHINGTON, D.C:- MARIAN ANDERSON, [underlined] NOTED / NEGRO CONTRALTO WHO WAS BARRED FROM SINGING / IN THE CONCERT HALL OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE / AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE, SHOWN AS SHE MADE / HER CAPITAL DEBUT IN A FREE, OPEN-AIR RECITAL / ON THE STEPS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL BEFORE A / CROWD ESTIMATED AT 75,000, APRIL 9. / FL / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 4/9/39 (WS); center partially visible Acme copyright stamp in blue ink; lower right stamped in purple ink: FILED APR 11 1939

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